Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb.

    stumm

    немо́йnemój, бесслове́сныйbesslovésnyj

    німи́йnimýj

    expressed without speech

  2. Silent; not making a sound.

    still

    немо́йnemój, безмо́лвныйbezmólvnyj

  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

Examples

72 sentences
  1. Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.

    Хелен Келлер була сліпою, глухою і німою. — rmdas

    ruХелен Келлер была слепой, глухой и немой. — nina99nv

    deHelen Keller war blind, taub und stumm. — pne

  2. Deaf-mute people can use sign language to communicate.

  3. Tom muted his microphone.

    deTom schaltete sein Mikrofon stumm. — brauchinet

  4. Tom pretended to be mute.

  5. I always mute my phone.

    ruЯ всегда ставлю телефон на беззвучный режим. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not having the power of speech:
Русский
By meaning 2
not having the power of speech:
silent, not making a sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not having the power of speech:
silent, not making a sound:

Origin

From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb

From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.

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Forms

muter, mutest
Comparativemuter Lesson
Superlativemutest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mute — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto